Slipknot‘s ‘The Gray Chapter’ is the highest of seven new entries inside the Top 10 on this week’s UK Record Store Chart.
Also debuting are Scott Walker, Ben Howard, Mark Lanegan, Neil Diamond, Bear’s Den and Thurston Moore, with only Caribou, U2 and Alt-J holding on to Top 10 places from last week.
The UK Record Store Chart was launched in 2012 to coincide with that year’s Record Store Day initiative and is compiled entirely from sales registered at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music outlets.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Slipknot – ‘The Gray Chapter’
2/ (new) Scott Walker & Sunn O – ‘Soused’
3/ Caribou – ‘Our Love’
4/ (new) Ben Howard – ‘I Forget Where We Were’
5/ (new) Mark Lanegan Band – ‘Phantom Radio’
6/ U2 – ‘Songs Of Innocence’
7/ (new) Neil Diamond – ‘Melody Friend’
8/ (new) Bear’s Den – ‘Islands’
9/ (new) Thurston Moore – ‘The Best Day’
10/ Alt-J – ‘This Is All Yours’
11/ Leonard Cohen – ‘Popular Problems’
12/ (new) Status Quo – ‘Aquostic’
13/ Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’
14/ Aphex Twin – ‘Syro’
15/ Johnny Marr – ‘Playland’
16/ Flying Lotus – ‘You’re Dead’
17/ (new) Half Man Half Biscuit – ‘Urge For Offal’
18/ Ed Sheeran – ‘x’
19/ George Ezra – ‘Wanted On Voyage’
20/ Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’
